‘Hello, Garci’ issue closed book, says Bunye

Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said Thursday the “Hello, Garci" controversy should be considered a closed book after the release of the five House committees investigation report. Bunye said the House probe has not proven any of the opposition’s allegations that President Gloria Arroyo was involved in poll fraud in the 2004 elections. The accusation was based on wiretapped conversations of former election commissioner Virgilio Garcillano. “Let us finally put a close to this sad chapter in the book of poisoned politics and move on," Bunye said. The House committees focused more on the alleged opposition conspiracy to unseat President Arroyo rather than the accountability of Garcillano. The committees also said there was an attempt to cover up the wiretapping issue, referring to Bunye’s inconsistent statements on the CD versions of the perorted conversation – one showing the original conversations, and the other the spliced version. Bunye said: “We leave that to the judgment of the committee as a whole but ang importante ano ang pananaw ng mayorya." -GMANews.TV